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This Corner of Empathy

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With so many people in this world, you’d think that making meaningful connections with others would be easier than it is.  Sure physically it happens frequently. Like, on the daily. We’re all running around this same maze of life, like little pinballs, colliding at certain moments and then quickly departing. You bump into someone at […]

The Art of Making Meaningful Connections

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It’s okay to have a bad day because someone you love died. I had a bit of an intervention with my husband last night.  He hasn’t been himself. He seems sad. A (lot) bit detached. With the day-to-day craziness of schedules, I’d usually say we’re two ships passing but it’s more like we’re on different […]

Bad Days in Grief Are Okay

Grief

Bad Day in Grief, Husband Grieves loss of mom

From Blogger to Author With my first blog, Juggling Rainbows, I was hiding.  It didn’t feel like it at the time. Everything I wrote was raw and honest and I poured every bit of my feelings into it. But there was an overarching title to it and that gave me a bit of an invisible […]

Coming Out of Hiding

Connection

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In my first book I share about the loss of my first son and how I was able to find empathy, humor and a new found appreciation for the tears. 

My honest view of life with grief and parenting after loss.

My First Memoir